Got my shoes!

I have high arch feet which makes walking for a long time very taxing on my feet. And they are very bony too. So I am very picky when it comes to shoes or I might get blisters, hell I get blisters all the damn time on my feet regardless any footwear, including sneakers!

I opted for covered toe shoes for my wedding because of my ugly feet and also, since my solemnization dress is short, I have to wear stockings to cover my leg tattoos, hence covered shoes. 

Chris referred me to a website that customises wedding shoes and she boasts of how comfy they are. But that is because she doesn't know the nature of my feet and I don't feel secure buying shoes and not ever trying on them first. 

After trying so many shoes and even Nina Ricci who is famous for their dinner shoes, I was getting fed up and was thinking of maybe really going for the website. But low and behold, a chance visit to BHG at bugis, I found my dream pair. In the 3 colours that suit my dresses too, and only at $59.90!

Panic for nyonya kebaya

OMG!

Panic attack!

I forgot that my Peranakan costume is included in  my photo shoot on the 19th Dec! Ah Lau and I are totally strapped for cash and I am embarrassed to say that I'd planned for more than I can afford. Ermm... okay that is story for another day.

So I have to quickly buy or rent a set for the photo shoot and wedding, by the looks of it after searching online, buying would be my best choice because rental will make everything go haywire with the alteration and this fits, that doesn't fit.

My mum just came back from KL not long ago and took pictures of so many nyonya kebayas and sarongs but what is the use? It is silly to take a flight there or a 4 hours coach there just to buy a kebaya. So I decided to write to http://www.littlenyonyabatik.com for help. I also chanced upon a small peranakan stall right in the middle of People's park complex which sells quite good kebayas, only thing is, it's the same price as little nyonya and I might as well just write to the latter first.

Speaking of my kebaya, I was thinking of a red one but since my evening gown is already red, I think a pink one should be better instead of looking like a red packet from head to toe in the afternoon and in the evening.

Here is what I have found and I really like the colour combination so much. Hopefully, little nyonya has it so it is one load off my mind. Fingers crossed!

Can't find the link to this pic (sorry!)

Trial make up

I did my trial make up today (for the day look) and I must say although it isn't so much the look that I want, I do look nice in it. It totally matches my dress and the mild look that I always look good at. Most importantly, it matches the garden theme of a fairy-look (sorta).

After that, we kinda firm up the timing for our photo shoot, what to expect and so on. Then finally, we walked the entire town area in my allure of make up haha!

Right now, I just have to find a place that does cheap and good french manicure for the photo shoot and I can probably relax a bit.

My goodness... getting married in Singapore is really stressful.

One does not stop loving someone because of money

Ok, finally spoke to my Dad about Ah Lau's status and so on and so forth. My Dad teared and I cried buckets to my Da Sao's silence, my bro's helplessness and my Mum's talking to which I think none of us were listening to.

I guess it is inevitable that I have to break the news to my Dad (I didn't expect him to cry), but I know that deep down, whilst he really is not totally at ease with my choice of husband, I know he will still give me his blessings and I am determined to make sure Ah Lau steps up to it.

Just now, Ah Lau and I were calculating our budget for the wedding and I am so glad that my family offered to help. I know his family would too if they could. I find myself often getting mad at having to share certain things and argue about money with him until I read Tony Parson's Catching the Sun. He said that one does no stop loving someone because of money and I guess somewhere along our journey into our impending marriage, I had forgotten about it.

Dress picked! (2)

Okay!

Went back to Beautiful Love and got my actual day's gown finally picked and finalized. But I must say again that it is not ENTIRELY the one that I really want but it is pretty much close.

It has a high collar and in Chinese style. It basically has the same design as the very dress I had picked on my first blog post That Perfect Dress so many months ago. But since I cannot have every single part too laced or I'll look too old, the lace fades off into a plain mermaid skirt as it gets lower down my legs.

The only pity is that it doesn't have a hole at the back which I really want to accentuate my arched back and no holes on the front too, oh well, it beats one that makes me look like I'm 40.

Chris says that nothing matters as much as me being happy with it and I totally agree.

Dress picked (not)

You know, after much thinking and reconsideration and looking at the secretly taken photo of myself in my chosen wedding gown, I called my consultation, Janice and told her I changed my mind. I am not saying that Beautiful Love is filled with a bunch of lazy shits but they did try their best to listen to what I want - albeit me already saying yes to that first dress their had me tried on.

She is super nice to keep calling me and telling me what the designer said. I already knew they will charge me when I showed them what I had in mind by whatsapping Janice the picture. And I know they spared no efforts to try to convince me that I already look good in the original dress that I'd picked.

But it is MY WEDDING! I don't care if you guys say I look good in this and day, it just makes me think you guys are lazy to continue to search you library for me and lazy to make amendments to it. So I did whatever little I could do to no incur anymore cost to altering the dress and simply telling them I want a high collar.

The front part of the dress will still be bare and there will still be sleeves but I die die want a halter neck to accentuate my thin neck line. So I goggled some pictures to show them.

http://img.alibaba.com/img/pb/836/029/363/363029836_023.jpg

Okay, this is how I want it to be, except the lace is all gone (I have already accepted my fate of looking at like a 50 year old in laced dresses).

More pics here:

http://image.dhgate.com/albu_392208900_00-1.0x0/wedding-dress-high-collar-slim-bride-wedding.jpg

This one is almost like what I have in mind, the super high collar, with the hole at the chest and another hole at the back. Imagine with this a super mermaid-like skirt sweeping from the back... oh my!

This time, I must stand firm in what I want and not let ANYONE sway me! And if you try to, damn you!

Okay... inner peace... *breathes in and out deeply*